Hose-supporter.



Patented Feb. 20, |900.

B. W. PARRMUBE.

HSE SUPPORTEF?.v

(Applicgtion led Mar. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REDDIN YV. PARRAMORE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters, Patent No. 643,779, dated February 20, 1900.

Application led March Z 9 1 8 9 9 T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LREDDIN WPAERAMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and usevful Hose-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-supporters; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, efficient', and inexpensive device of this character.

The device consists of abelt adapted to surround the body of the Wearer,and it includes, preferably, a continuous strip of suitable material crossed near its ends and hose-sustaining straps secured to and depending from the ends of said belt. I prefer to have these straps formed. of elastic material, as is usual in this class of devices, and to provide a fastening device at the point of crossing or intersection near the ends of the belt to maintain the same in proper position. The belt is adapted to encircle the waist, and the crossed portions lit against the abdomen, thereby reducing the prominence of the latter, and by reason of the crossing of the belt portions, as above specified, and the attachment of the hose-supporting straps beyond such point the tension caused by the pull of the hose or stockings exerted by the motion of the legs vor otherwise causes the belt to more tightly cling to the body, which is not possible in that class of hose-supporters Where the hose-straps are located at the sides of the body, as in such a construction the pull at opposite sides of the belt causes it to ride up and down upon the stomach and back, which is extremely discomforting to a user, besides causing unnecessary wear on the belt.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others' to understand the invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front View of a portion of the human body, showing my improved hose-supporter applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse Serial No. 710,997. (No model.)

section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is alongitudina section onthe line 3 3, Fig. l.

Like characters denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

The appliance includes in its construction a belt or band which may be of any suitable material and shape. The belt is denoted by B, and it is adapted to surround the waist of the wearer and, if a woman, can be placed either over or under the corsets. The belt crosses near its ends and in front of the body, and the point of intersection is located upon the stomach, whereby the pressure exerted at such place while the belt is on can be utilized to prevent undue prominence of the stomach, and a fastening is located, preferably, at the point above specified, so as to hold the belt in proper position. The fastening is denoted by F, and it consists of two parts, as 2 and 3, secured, respectively, to the front portions of the belt in adjacence to their ends and consist, respectively, of a spring rib or stud and a shell or cap adapted to receive said rib, and this fastening is of a common type and may be secured to the belt in the usual manner.

The hose-supporting straps are denoted by 4, and they are preferably made of elastic webbing and secured at their upper extremities and being provided With buckles, clips, or other analogous device for attaching them to the stockings or hose.

The belt or band B consists of two duplicate plies or strips of textile material, between the ends of which the straps 4 are inserted and secured by stitching or otherwise, while the opposite edges are adapted to receive the binding-strips 5, which are stitched in place, thereby producing a strong and easily and cheaply manufactured article.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. A hose-supporter consisting of a belt or band formed of a single continuous piece of material of a length to pass across the back at the waist-line, and extend down over the lOO abdomen from opposite sides, crossing near their extremities and projecting over the legs at the opposite sides of the body, a detachable fastening provided between the overlapped ends of the belt or'band, and two independent hose-supporting straps connected to the ends ot' the belt or band beyond the crossing-point, whereby the tension on the straps through their connection with the hose causes the belt or band to more tightly cling to the body, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a waistband of greater length than the waist measurement adapting it to have its end portions extended downward and crossed over the abdomen, a detachable connection at the point of intersection or crossing of the end port-ions of said belt and stocking-supporters attached to the extremities of the band.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hosesupporter comprising a waist-belt, a two-part fastener having its members attached respectively to said belt, near the ends thereof, and adapted for mutual engagement to maintain the end portions of the belt in divergent relation from the point of intersection and detachable connection of said belt, and hosefasteners attached to the free ends of the Waist-belt beyond the members of the fastener, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a hosesupporter comprising a single non-extensible waist-belt, a two-part fastener having its members secured respectively near end portions of vsaid belt, within free extremities thereof, and arranged for mutual detachable connection to maintain the end portions of the belt in crossing relation and in divergent positions from the point of detachable connection, elastic tapes united to said free ends of the belt, and hosefasteners attached to the tapes, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

REDDIN W. PARRAMORE.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. SLATTERY, DE Mo'rr AUERBURGII. 

